[HIST 274] - Final Exam Guide - Ultimate 27 pages long Study Guide!
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Social history (daily life), intellectual history (ideas), anthropology, and semiotics (the interpretation of signs or symbols: everything in a cultural is the symbol of sth, some kind. Ex: ads sell products through semiotics, esp sell through image to make people want it more). Social history + intellectual history + anthropology + semiotics = cultural history. In 1750s f was the most populous country in eu. A lot of population and it continues to increase. 22 million people live in paris in 1750. By 1789, the population had reached 28 million increase by 40% in 40 years. 1850s the population was at 36 million so the population is really going. This large population, combined with the large geography size, and control entrance of western eu -> ensure france become one of the great military power in eu. In fact, f is so strong that other eu powers (such as britain) fear that it will dominate eu politically as it had culturally.
